Everlasting prosperity

After the meeting that day, Ji Anjun remained silent on the way back to Dianbinfang.

Xiaoxiang was suddenly dumbfounded, obviously someone was afraid that she would tell the truth.But she is already crazy, why is she still so afraid of a crazy man's words?

A lunatic cannot appear in court as a witness in any case, let alone what a lunatic said.Unless, the person who poisoned Xiaoxiang discovered something else.But why not kill her directly, but use this torture method instead?

why?Why?

What did Xiaoxiang do to make that person do such a thing?

Master Chen doubted Madam, if it was Madam who did it, how could she be so cruel, killing a pregnant woman, and even harming the maid who married him back then?

"Yizhi, what do you think of Mrs. Chen?" Ji Anjun asked.

Xiao Yizhi tilted his head slightly, thought for a while, and then replied, "Mrs. Chen is very suspicious, but it cannot be ruled out that someone maliciously framed her."

"Now the clues point to Madam Chen, why do you think someone planted it?" Ji Anjun said, a little puzzled.

"Almost all the clues point to Mrs. Chen, but we don't have any real evidence, so we can't make a conclusion. I just said that there is a possibility of framing." Xiao Yizhi explained.

After being told by Xiao Yizhi, Ji Anjun became a little clearer.

"Assume that this prisoner is Mrs. Chen. Seeing that her master has brought someone back, she will find a way to stop her. If you think about this Mrs. Chen in a bad way, she is colluding with the merchant Mr. Hu and the listener in order to keep her position." Miss Qingliu from Yulou forced Lin Rushi out, and Xiaoxiang should also be an accomplice or an insider, Madam Chen was afraid that she would tell the story, so she first drove her crazy, and then poisoned her dumb." Ji Anjun was thinking. He said while slowly telling the whole story.

Hearing Ji Anjun's analysis, Xiao Yizhi always felt that there was something wrong, but he couldn't tell. The only thing that was certain was that Mrs. Chen's clue must be investigated.

Speaking of this, Ji Anjun turned around and thought about it.

If the assumption is true, it means that Mrs. Chen is a person with a vicious mind, who can not only drive her dowry maid crazy, but also poison her. Then why did she simply let Lin Rushi go, and through the merchant Such a big bend with Xiangnv?

Ji Anjun suddenly thought of Master Chen's hesitant look, and suddenly smiled.

The only explanation is that she didn't let Lin Rushi go at all, but killed her!And such a detour was just to maintain her image in Master Chen's heart as a virtuous wife!

Xiao Yizhi, who was standing aside, couldn't help feeling a little strange when he saw the weird smile on Ji Anjun's face.

"What did Yuan Qian think of?" Xiao Yizhi couldn't help asking.

Ji Anjun looked at Xiao Yizhi firmly, and said with certainty, "Lin Rushi didn't leave at all."

"Didn't leave?" Xiao Yizhi asked doubtfully.

"Because the dead don't go away."

Inside the Chen Mansion——

I saw two black shadows crouching on the Chen residence, a pair of jet-black pupils and a pair of blue eyes staring intently at the guards of the Chen residence, and seeing a pair of guards passing by, they immediately got up and transformed into At the corner of the wall, he committed himself to hiding behind a big tree, carefully observing his surroundings.

After reconfirming that there was nothing around them, the two jumped over the corridor poles almost together, one behind the other, leaning against each other's backs, and tiptoed forward.

"Unexpectedly, Yuan Qian's lightness kung fu is also good." Xiao Yizhi said with a suppressed voice.

"Your martial arts are so strong, how can I lag behind?" Ji Anjun chuckled, turned around, and whispered in his ear.

This action made Xiao Yi subconsciously reach out to hit Ji Anjun, but he did grab his hand.Suddenly a group of mansion guards came up behind him, Ji Anjun quickly took him into his arms and dragged him to a corner, avoiding the mansion guards.

"Let go." Xiao Yizhi felt a little uncomfortable being pinched, frowning, and his tone was not kind.

When Ji Anjun heard the words, he let go of his hands and asked, "I'm sorry, I..."

"Nothing, let's go."

Seeing that Xiao Yizhi was not angry, Ji Anjun breathed a sigh of relief. Sure enough, it was too early for intimate contact.

Xu was the first time to find out about Chen's mansion. The forbidden house that Mr. Chen mentioned, the two of them searched for half an hour in a daze, before they saw a locked room with yellow talismans plastered all over the outside, as if they were Prevent any demons and ghosts from escaping from it.

"That's it." Ji Anjun said.

Immediately, the two stepped forward quickly.Ji Anjun stood at the door with his back to the door, while Xiao Yizhi squatted down, picked up the bronze lock and looked at it again and again, then stood up again, stretched out his hand and pulled out the hairpin from Ji Anjun's head. Wusi poured down.

Ji Anjun looked at him in astonishment, he also has hairpins.

"Your lock is easier to pick." Xiao Yizhi saw his doubts and explained softly.

After hearing this, Ji Anjun was even more puzzled, and his blue eyes widened.Seeing his appearance, Xiao Yizhi quickly turned around and squatted down, hiding the smile from the corner of his mouth.

"Crack!"

A crisp sound resounded in the silent night.

Xiao Yizhi stood up, walked in quietly, Ji Anjun followed behind, then turned around and closed the door gently.

It should be because it has not been cleaned for many days, and because someone did it before, there was a musty smell in the room, rushing straight into the nostrils, making Xiao Yizhi's brows furrowed tighter and tighter, it was really enough to kill a fly.

"Why did you come here?" Xiao Yizhi couldn't help asking.

Hearing this, Ji Anjun chuckled and replied, "Madam Chen has harmed Xiaoxiang until now, but she has never killed her. Why?"

Xiao Yizhi thought for a while, and replied, "Perhaps it's because of serving for many years and marrying a maid as a dowry."

"But why is it so mad and dumb?" Ji Anjun asked again.

"I really don't know about that." Xiao Yi said at a loss for words.

"On the other hand, Xiaoxiang, even though she was driven crazy, she never revealed a word of bad things about Mrs. Chen. At most, she pointed the finger at Mrs. Chen. Besides, Xiaoxiang served Mrs. Chen for many years before, how could she not know how she is? , such a vicious master, if she denounces, she will be free, how can she protect her? Not to mention that she harmed herself in order to protect her. In this way, this Xiaoxiang is really full of doubts. Yizhi, You said, shouldn't you check?" Ji Anjun slowly said what was in his heart.

After hearing about it, Xiao Yizhi finally figured it out, and asked again, "Yuan Qian thinks that Mrs. Chen forced or threatened Xiaoxiang, so there should be some clues here?"

"I'm not sure about threats, but Xiaoxiang and Mrs. Chen must have a relationship other than master and servant. The master and servant of many big families were previously in the relationship of creditors and debtors." Ji Anjun explained.

"Alright, let's look for any clues." Xiao Yizhi responded.

Ever since, the two split up to search for things about Xiaoxiang and Mrs. Chen.

Yingying Luoqun peach blossom face, jade fingers and silver body fluttering.

The fine wine enters the throat and pinches the halberd, looking at the single flower at home from afar.

I saw that Ji Anjun was holding a picture scroll in his hand, and on the right side of the picture scroll were a series of poems with these two lines.And the one painted on it is a beautiful woman in a peach-colored fir skirt, smiling, holding a pot of wine with her jade fingers, half leaning on the pavilion and drinking with her head raised, she is very chic and refined.

"Yizhi, look at this." Ji Anjun called out.

Xiao Yizhi heard the words, walked quickly to his side, looked down at the painting in his hand, and then silently recited the poem on the right side.

"This painting, could it be Mrs. Chen?" Xiao Yizhi asked doubtfully.

"It should be, but I don't know why there is such a painting in Xiaoxiang's room. Looking at the handwriting and paper, I think it has been a few years ago. Yizhi, what did you find?" Ji Anjun explained, then turned to asked.

Hearing this, Xiao Yizhi shook his head, expressing that there was no progress.

Ji Anjun tilted his head, thought for a while, tied the scroll around his waist, and said, "Let's go, let's talk when we go back."

"Ah."

After only one stick of incense, the two quietly left again.

However, at this moment, Ji Anjun always felt that he had missed some crucial point, so he turned his head, looked at Xiao Yizhi who was following him and stopped, and thought over and over again.

"Yizhi, if you kill someone, how will you deal with the aftermath?" Ji Anjun suddenly asked for no reason.

Xiao Yizhi bowed his head and pondered for a moment, then replied, "Destroy the corpses and wipe out the traces."

Hearing this answer, Ji Anjun couldn't help asking, "Why?"

"If that's the case, the body will never be found." Xiao Yi didn't know why, so he had to answer seriously.

"Never find it?" Ji Anjun repeated the small half of the sentence, lowered his eyes, pursed his lips, then stared at Xiao Yizhi suddenly, and asked, "If someone kills someone, where is the first place in the government to kill someone?" Will it be checked?"

Hearing this, Xiao Yizhi lowered his head and thought for a while, then raised his head suddenly, and replied, "At home."

After getting a satisfactory answer, Ji Anjun raised the corners of his mouth, narrowed his eyes, and said, "Master Chen is still needed to do this."

The next day, the Chen Mansion——

"What advice does Mr. An De have today?" Master Chen asked respectfully.

Ji Anjun looked at the decorations and buildings in Chen's mansion, and asked with a smile, "I heard that when someone passed by your mansion at night, they heard crying. Is there such a thing?"

As soon as these words came out, Master Chen's face suddenly turned cold, and he said sharply, "Hmph, the young master actually believes in nonsense!"

"Master Chen, I have heard about this matter, and not to mention not alone. If Master Chen has any doubts, just follow us to investigate." Rong Chizi said, alleviating the sudden situation Inexplicably tense.

"Hmph, I'd like to see what you can find out!" Master Chen replied angrily, then strode away with his sleeves swung.

Rong Chizi looked at the back of Mr. Chen leaving in despair, and was already a little puzzled in his heart. How did the case of Lin Rushi get involved with the ghost voice?What the hell is this Ender playing?

"Mr. An De, I don't understand. The ghost's voice is just a rumor after all. Why do you believe in these ghosts?" Rong Chizi asked.

"There are no ghosts in the world, it's all in people's hearts." Ji Anjun replied.

And Xiao Yizhi, who was on the side, continued, "Sir, just watch it, my son has his own arrangements."

There are some things that can only be uncovered when everyone is present, and they are indispensable.

Just like now, when night falls, Mr. Chen and the other four are waiting at the east gate of Chen Mansion.Master Chen himself had never been to this place, and Ji Anjun judged it based on the approximate location mentioned by passers-by who had heard ghost voices.

Of course, according to Mr. Chen's temperament, he would not really wait outside the door patiently at all, not to mention that it was approaching winter, and the cold air at night was overwhelming. In less than half an hour, Mr. Chen was shaking his sleeves and snorting again. , and went home trembling all over.

After all, Rong Chizi was a scholar, and he had no breath to resist the cold. After standing for half an hour in this cold night, he couldn't take it anymore, so he also went back home.

Seeing the two of them returning home one after another, Ji Anjun stood firmly in place, leaning against the wall, holding his breath and listening to the wind and grass around him.

On the other side, Xiao Yizhi was also leaning against the wall, listening to the small and weak voices around him, but his eyes were fixed on Ji Anjun, he remained motionless for a while, and finally stretched out his hand to tear off the cloak on his body, and took a step forward. Lightly draped it over Ji Anjun's body, reached out and tied the belt carefully.

"Yuan Qian, don't catch a cold." Xiao Yizhi said softly, his eyes were tender.

Only then did Ji Anjun put away his thoughts, and a warm current surged in his heart. Seeing Xiao Yi's hands with well-articulated joints and slender knuckles moving back and forth in front of his chest, he couldn't help but reach out and wrap his hands around his own. Palm, gently pinched.

"Why are your hands so cold? I'm not cold. You can wear it." Ji Anjun said softly, pulling off the cloak again and putting it on Xiao Yizhi's body again.

"Yuan Qian, when will it be tonight?" Xiao Yizhi asked Ji Anjun quietly and tentatively without resisting.

Hearing this, Ji Anjun thought for a while, and said softly, "Forget it, let's go back, the time has passed."

It's not that Ji Anjun really wants to go back home, the matter has not yet come to a conclusion, how could he give up lightly.But his Yizhi is cold, so let's go back, and we can check it again tomorrow, can't we?

People who practice martial arts can keep out the cold, but Xiao Yizhi has never been afraid of the cold. Whenever it is late at night in this season, he always goes to sleep early, hugs a warm stove, and sleeps under the quilt until dawn.

Before living in Ji Anjun's palace, he found a hand warmer by himself and fell asleep quietly early.Now that he is outside, and he has been busy recently, the cold air has come very quickly today. It was obviously not so cold a few days ago, but tonight it was bitingly cold, which made him really unable to get out and find a hand warmer to cover cover.

After hearing Ji Anjun's words, Xiao Yizhi felt relieved.

But Ji Anjun on the side was a little puzzled, Yizhi was afraid of the cold?After getting along for so long, he didn't know it, but he was negligent. It seemed that he still didn't understand him.

After returning to Dianbinfang, Xiao Yizhi hurriedly dodged to go back to his room, but Ji Anjun followed closely behind, almost walking close to his back.

"Is there something wrong with Yuan Gan?" Xiao Yizhi stopped, looked back at Ji Anjun suspiciously, and asked.

Ji Anjun pursed his lips and said, "It's cold in the night, I'm a little afraid of the cold, and I want to sleep with you."

Afraid of the cold?

Doesn't he clearly care about himself?

Xiao Yizhi was thinking like this, but he didn't know how to answer. Two big men squeezed into one bed, and they couldn't fall out in the middle of the night?But it was true that it was cold at night, no one could sleep well under the cold quilt.

"Aren't you scared?" Ji Anjun asked cautiously and tentatively.

Hearing this, Xiao Yizhi snorted coldly, and then replied, "Go take a bath first."

Hearing his words, Ji Anjun was overjoyed, and he accepted it, and looked at Xiao Yizhi with a silly smile, his eyes were full of flattery.

"Fool." Xiao Yizhi murmured, turned and left.

Ever since meeting Yuan Qian for the first time, there was always something in Xiao Yizhi's heart that made him a little breathless. When he saw him, his heart was beating wildly.As soon as he got close, his whole body tensed up involuntarily, and his ears were hot.As soon as he watched himself speak, everything seemed to be quiet in his ears, and he couldn't hear anything else.

He is lofty, he is a piece of pure land in Xiao Yizhi's heart, he is the person in this world who needs Xiao Yizhi to hold in the palm of his hand.He wanted to carefully protect this special person on the tip of his heart, but in the face of family hatred, he could only temporarily store this thought in another place.

The original plan was to find the enemy, then leave the world, return to Fengming Mountain, and live out this life.But when he met Yuan Qian, he struggled for a long time, hesitated again and again, when he was in the palace, he thought about finding his enemy again, and then made it clear with Yuan Qian, and returned to Fengming Mountain.

But along the way, he hesitated again. He cherishes Yuan Qian very much, but he doesn't want to have anything to do with this world anymore. What should he do?

He is not completely ignorant of Yuan Qian's affection for him, but how should he respond?

Ever since he saw Mu Qi, he thought again that he must take revenge, and he also thought about it, what if the revenge is over?Where is he going?With Yuan doing?Go against your own heart?

On the next night, the Chen Mansion——

"Ah~ah~"

Such a voice suddenly came from outside the mansion, like complaining like weeping, mournful and mournful, piercing through the silent night.

"This this……"

When Master Chen heard this voice, his jaw grew in shock, his eyes widened, his fingers pointed in the air, his face was full of horror, and he couldn't speak a word at all.

On the other hand, Ji Anjun was smiling, as if he had already guessed it.Rong Chizi, who was standing on the left side of Master Chen, also looked surprised, and looked at Ji Anjun with a look of asking for an answer.

After seeing enough of the surprised expressions of the two of them, Ji Anjun chuckled, pointed to the roof and asked, "May I ask Mr. Chen, what are the bamboo pipes in this house used for?"

After hearing the question, Mr. Chen regained his composure, collected himself, looked in the direction of his finger, and then replied, "That's the water pipe. Whenever it rains, the rainwater on the roof is It went out along this pipe."

"This ghost sound came from here. The bamboo pipes spread all over Chen's mansion and gathered again, so the sound is the loudest. People passing by Chen's mansion can naturally hear it. To eradicate this ghost sound, please ask Master Chen Tell me, where does this supervisor end up, and can you take me to find out?" Ji Anjun explained slowly, while making another request.

Hearing Ji Anjun's explanation, Master Chen half believed and doubted, but out of curiosity in his heart, he nodded quickly and responded, "I'll take the young master there."

What I want is this sentence.

Thinking so, Ji Anjun smiled with satisfaction, and looked back at Xiao Yizhi, but seeing that the other party showed no expression at all, he couldn't help but turned his head and rubbed his nose embarrassingly, and followed Master Chen.

Sure enough, he was still angry about what happened last night.

The four of them took a few servants and walked around the Chen residence with a lamp.

Ji Anjun carefully checked the road, no matter how he thought about it, he had never been to this place, and he was right, the last time he visited Chen's house at night, he only walked roughly, maybe he didn't go through here.

"Mr. An De, this is the last place of the bamboo pipe. In order to save trouble, this well was turned into a drain. Most of the water output was dirty. Naturally, no one used it, so it was abandoned." Master Chen explained.

While Mr. Chen was talking, ghost voices could be faintly heard in the well, soft but sad.As a result, everyone present held their breath and stood quietly in place, no one dared to take half a step forward.

But at this time, Ji Anjun walked to the mouth of the well, stretched out his head and took a look inside. The entrance was estimated to be large enough to accommodate a grown man.It was pitch black here, and I couldn't see anything clearly, so I turned my head again, glanced at Xiao Yizhi, hesitated for a moment, walked towards the servant who was holding a lamp, took the lantern in one hand, walked towards the wellhead again, and stretched out his hand to hold the wellhead He stepped on the hemp rope at the bottom of the well, and was about to jump down into the well.

Seeing Ji Anjun's actions, Xiao Yizhi was extremely surprised. He quickly stepped forward and stretched out his hand to grab Ji Anjun's arm, dragging him down from the mouth of the well, and looked at him with reproachful eyes.

"I'll do it." Xiao Yizhi said coldly, while reaching out to snatch the lantern, before Ji Anjun could reply, he pulled the rope on one side and jumped.

"Yizhi! Be careful!" Ji Anjun lay on the mouth of the well and yelled into the well.

Hearing Ji Anjun's shout, Xiao Yizhi put his legs in the well, raised his head, looked at Ji Anjun at the mouth of the well, and said loudly, "Don't worry, I'll be fine!"

After saying that, he carefully probed into the depths of the well with one foot and one foot.

Because no one used the well all the year round and it was flooded with water all year round, the inner wall of the well was covered with moss, which was sticky and slippery. Xiao Yizhi had to hold the lantern with the hand holding the hemp rope, and draw out the The long sword tied around his waist was drawn all the way on the wall of the well to increase friction, and slowly descended.

The more it descended, the damp and cold air in the well became thicker, and there was a rancid smell in the air, mixed with a fishy smell. Xiao Yizhi frowned tightly, and then went down a few steps.

In a short while, what caught his eyes was a mass of brightly colored clothes and a human-shaped object. His heart tightened, and the veins on his forehead twitched. A flopping black fish, he grinned, raised his sword and pierced the two fish together on the long sword.

Xiao Yizhi looked around again, and then found a golden object stuck in a corner of the pile of clothes in the crack of the well wall. He hurriedly approached it cautiously, but he had the object in both hands. He thought in a blink of an eye, It just stretched out a foot, moved it little by little, and then kicked the object out of the gap with a sudden force.

"Yuangan! Catch it!" He yelled vigorously down the well.

Hearing Jin Xia's voice suddenly, a small object caught his eyes, and Ji Anjun quickly reached out to pick it up.

After waiting for a while, Xiao Yizhi returned to the mouth of the well with his original footsteps, jumped out of the mouth, and raised the long sword in front of everyone.

"Why are there fish here?" Master Chen asked in amazement, his eyes filled with disbelief.

Ji Anjun reached out to take the long sword in Xiao Yizhi's hand, held it up in front of him, examined it carefully, and then said, "These are two catfish."

"That's right, catfish are naturally fond of damp and cold places, and they will cry when they encounter danger, but the sound is usually too small for ordinary people to hear." Xiao Yizhi added.

"But why are there catfish in this well?" Rong Chizi asked.

"I just checked the bottom of the well, and there are holes about the size of a fist on the east and west sides, about half a foot apart from the top to the bottom. When they grow up, the entrance of the cave is too small, so they can't get out." Xiao Yizhi explained slowly, while glancing at Ji Anjun from time to time.

"The catfish's cry is weak, but your well can just form an airflow, which is transmitted to the bamboo tube at the mouth of the well, and then transmitted from the bamboo tube to all the bamboo tubes in the mansion, forming an echo, and the sound is echoed. Amplified countless times, it sounds like someone crying in the middle of the night." Ji Anjun continued to explain.

Hearing this, everyone understood and nodded in understanding.

And Master Chen also looked the same as before, but Rong Chizi was very calm, as if he had already guessed it, so it was not surprising.In fact, as early as when Ji Anjun mentioned the use of the bamboo pipe, he understood the ins and outs of the ghost sound, and just wanted to see if Ji Anjun had other tricks.

"It seems that this ghost sound is a farce! Tomorrow, I will tell the neighbors the whole story of this matter, so that they can rest assured." Master Chen said solemnly, and then he wanted to make arrangements.

"Master Chen, why don't I ask the government to announce this matter tomorrow, what do you think?" Rong Chizi said suddenly, stopping Master Chen who was about to give instructions.

Hearing this, Master Chen nodded repeatedly, and responded, "That's very good, with the government coming forward, those people will believe it."

Listening to the conversation between Master Chen and Rong Chizi, Xiao Yizhi glanced at Ji Anjun, and saw that the latter was looking at him inexplicably. After thinking for a moment, he took a step forward.

"Master Chen, besides the two catfish, there is another thing at the bottom of the well." Xiao Yizhi said.

Master Chen looked at him suspiciously, frowned, and asked, "What?"

"A corpse." Xiao Yizhi replied.